CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Kent State junior LHP Eric Lauer and Western Michigan junior LHP Keegan Akin have been selected as All-Americans by Baseball America. Lauer was named to the first team while Akin was tabbed with third team honors.
Lauer didn't give up a run in his final four starts of his junior season and gave up just 15 (eight earned) in his first 11 starts. That kind of dominance led him to go 10-2, 0.69 for the season, with 125 strikeouts in 104 innings. His ERA is not only the best in the nation this year, but also the best for any Division I starting pitcher since 1979.